Supplementary
adjective
Added to something else to make it complete or to enhance it.
He relied on his supplementary income from his part-time job to pay for his studies.
Often appears as...
- supplementary income
- supplementary material
adjective
Providing additional help or support.
The teacher provided supplementary resources to help the students understand the topic better.
Often appears as...
- supplementary resources
- supplementary education
adjective
In geometry, angles that add up to 180 degrees.
In a right-angled triangle, the two non-right angles are always supplementary.
Often appears as...
- supplementary angles
- complementary and supplementary
adjective
Added to something else to make it complete or to enhance it.
He relied on his supplementary income from his part-time job to pay for his studies.
Often appears as...
- supplementary income
- supplementary material
adjective
Providing additional help or support.
The teacher provided supplementary resources to help the students understand the topic better.
Often appears as...
- supplementary resources
- supplementary education
adjective
In geometry, angles that add up to 180 degrees.
In a right-angled triangle, the two non-right angles are always supplementary.
Often appears as...
- supplementary angles
- complementary and supplementary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Completeness
Supplementary things complete a whole, often providing parts that were missing or enhancing the final result.
The workshop includes a supplementary manual for home practice.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance and Enhancement
When something is supplementary, it balances or improves another thing without overshadowing it.
Her supplementary report provided clarity to the main findings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Essential
While important, supplementary items are not absolutely necessary; the main item can function without them.
A textbook might have a website with supplementary exercises.
Pro Tip 1/3Completeness
Supplementary things complete a whole, often providing parts that were missing or enhancing the final result.
The workshop includes a supplementary manual for home practice.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance and Enhancement
When something is supplementary, it balances or improves another thing without overshadowing it.
Her supplementary report provided clarity to the main findings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Essential
While important, supplementary items are not absolutely necessary; the main item can function without them.
A textbook might have a website with supplementary exercises.
Pro Tip 1/3Completeness
Supplementary things complete a whole, often providing parts that were missing or enhancing the final result.
The workshop includes a supplementary manual for home practice.
Pro Tip 2/3Balance and Enhancement
When something is supplementary, it balances or improves another thing without overshadowing it.
Her supplementary report provided clarity to the main findings.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Essential
While important, supplementary items are not absolutely necessary; the main item can function without them.
A textbook might have a website with supplementary exercises.
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Video examples
Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
We have had the supplemental feeding of the Arctic Foxes and now it's more than 300 feeding stations altogether in Norway, Sweden, Finland now. That is meant to kind of boost the population, both in terms of survival and reproduction. We see that they use these feeding stations more in the years when they are little lemmings compared to years, but are more,
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TED-Ed Website Tour
and based on their own curiosity. And teachers can use the browse by "Subject" view to find the perfect short video to show in class or to assign as homework. Every video on TED-Ed is accompanied by a lesson. These lessons don't replace good teaching, but they can be supplementary resources for students and teachers around the world.
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New ways to understand...
different people who are experiencing this that's why in one of our responses in addition to doing things like in very detailed testing and contact tracing we've also put out four different supplementary budgets in the in the year to actually support people who are experiencing the most severe of these
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Let the environment...
with 25 percent of world rivers not even reaching the ocean. And we need a transformation. Well, interestingly, and based on my work and others in Africa, for example, we've shown that even the most vulnerable small-scale rainfall farming systems, with innovations and supplementary irrigation
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A bold plan to empower...
drinking water, things that will help them to be retained. But all of this would be useless if our children weren't learning. So we actually run a learning program. And this is a supplementary learning program, and it's very, very important,
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Zeb vs. Piranha PIPE...
supplemental food source and realized that in the Amazon rivers like this are now scarce so he's saying this is the most important river in this province because this river more so than any other river it passes through pristine
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Gordon Goes Spearfishing...
are taking shelter from the relentless current. He dives deep down to check out some small caves where the fish find protection. I'm not joining him, because we're free diving with no supplemental oxygen.
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The Stories Behind the...
without the use of supplemental oxygen I'm always asked why Everest or why this particular trip the reason is as much why I've chosen my whole life to work out in the mountains and to work with
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My photographs bear...
in which millions of people have died, and exposure to disease without treatment is used as a weapon. A malnourished child being measured as part of the supplemental feeding program.
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The habits of happiness...
It's more to say that mind training matters. That this is not just a luxury. This is not a supplementary vitamin for the soul.
Video examples
Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
We have had the supplemental feeding of the Arctic Foxes and now it's more than 300 feeding stations altogether in Norway, Sweden, Finland now. That is meant to kind of boost the population, both in terms of survival and reproduction. We see that they use these feeding stations more in the years when they are little lemmings compared to years, but are more,
Video examples
TED-Ed Website Tour
and based on their own curiosity. And teachers can use the browse by "Subject" view to find the perfect short video to show in class or to assign as homework. Every video on TED-Ed is accompanied by a lesson. These lessons don't replace good teaching, but they can be supplementary resources for students and teachers around the world.
Video examples
New ways to understand...
different people who are experiencing this that's why in one of our responses in addition to doing things like in very detailed testing and contact tracing we've also put out four different supplementary budgets in the in the year to actually support people who are experiencing the most severe of these
Video examples
Let the environment...
with 25 percent of world rivers not even reaching the ocean. And we need a transformation. Well, interestingly, and based on my work and others in Africa, for example, we've shown that even the most vulnerable small-scale rainfall farming systems, with innovations and supplementary irrigation
Video examples
A bold plan to empower...
drinking water, things that will help them to be retained. But all of this would be useless if our children weren't learning. So we actually run a learning program. And this is a supplementary learning program, and it's very, very important,
Video examples
Zeb vs. Piranha PIPE...
supplemental food source and realized that in the Amazon rivers like this are now scarce so he's saying this is the most important river in this province because this river more so than any other river it passes through pristine
Video examples
Gordon Goes Spearfishing...
are taking shelter from the relentless current. He dives deep down to check out some small caves where the fish find protection. I'm not joining him, because we're free diving with no supplemental oxygen.
Video examples
The Stories Behind the...
without the use of supplemental oxygen I'm always asked why Everest or why this particular trip the reason is as much why I've chosen my whole life to work out in the mountains and to work with
Video examples
My photographs bear...
in which millions of people have died, and exposure to disease without treatment is used as a weapon. A malnourished child being measured as part of the supplemental feeding program.
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
It's more to say that mind training matters. That this is not just a luxury. This is not a supplementary vitamin for the soul.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Statesman
Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government.
Quote examples
Jo Bonner
American Politician
I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective.
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Julian Castro
American Politician
To me, what I believe is that everybody should have the ability to enroll in Medicare. If somebody wants a supplemental plan or a private plan, then I believe they should be able to do that as well.
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Dan Lipinski
American Politician
Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
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Doreen Cronin
American Writer
I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2.
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Maya Wiley
Whether a resident needs to get online to access homework or supplemental educational tools, to search for a job or start a business, broadband is a necessity.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.
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Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
I was the first man to climb the world's 14 tallest peaks without supplementary oxygen, but I never asked how high I would go, just how I would do it.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
If Medicare today includes Medicare supplemental, why wouldn't Medicare for all include a Medicare supplement for all who want it?
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Erwin McManus
American Author
It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.
Quote examples
Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Statesman
Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government.
Quote examples
Jo Bonner
American Politician
I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective.
Quote examples
Julian Castro
American Politician
To me, what I believe is that everybody should have the ability to enroll in Medicare. If somebody wants a supplemental plan or a private plan, then I believe they should be able to do that as well.
Quote examples
Dan Lipinski
American Politician
Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
Quote examples
Doreen Cronin
American Writer
I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2.
Quote examples
Maya Wiley
Whether a resident needs to get online to access homework or supplemental educational tools, to search for a job or start a business, broadband is a necessity.
Quote examples
Stephen Covey
American Educator
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.
Quote examples
Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
I was the first man to climb the world's 14 tallest peaks without supplementary oxygen, but I never asked how high I would go, just how I would do it.
Quote examples
Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
If Medicare today includes Medicare supplemental, why wouldn't Medicare for all include a Medicare supplement for all who want it?
Quote examples
Erwin McManus
American Author
It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.
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